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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
THE NATIONS WEALTH.
The Share of Each Person In the Country
Little More Than $3.50.

The Share of Each Person In the Country
Little More Than $3.50.
The census report of 1880 places the
total of the National wealth at $43,-
642, 900, 900. OF this amount SO, 197,-
900, 900 are credited to the farms; 3d.
SSl. 900. 900 to residences and business
real estate; S5. $50. 900, 900 to railroads
and their equipments; $4,000. 900. 900
TO household furniture, books, pictures
and the like; 50. 100000 to live
stock; $4,000, 100000 to agricultural
products remaining over. and So. 000.-
100000 to churches, school houses. pub
lie buildings and institutions of one
kind and another. There was also
considerable miscellaneous list.
1t may be said that the accuracy of
the estimate has been disputed by Off
GERS of the Bureau of Statistics, Mr..
Hill especially holding that the esti-
mate should be placed several billions
higher. But the total is accurate
enough for practical purposes, and it
will be seen that if we divide it equal
ly among the $4,000, 600 population, re-
turned by the census of 1880, the share
of each person will be measured by a
little more than $3.50 in money.-M 2.
Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
CUT FEED FOR STOCK.
Suggestions Submitted by an Agricultur.
ist OF Considerable Experience.

Suggestions Submitted by an Agricultur.
ist OF Considerable Experience.
l have cut feed for twenty years, first
by hand. and for the last fifteen years
with power, except three years that l
topped my corn. / cut last winter for
sixteen head of cattle, three horses and
ninety-five sheep. I will give my ex'
perience IN cutting and feeding cut
feed:
/. evil it pay to cut good hay Of
any kindp'' 1t will not, unless You
wish to mix with cut stalks, because
you add nothing to its value by cut.
ting, and stock will eat it we'll enough
without.
2. "Will it pay to cut corn-stalks?"
Yes, most decidedly. You can make
them feed one-third more stock, espe-
cially cattle; but remember, you must
feed little more grain. fine middlings,
or something that will stick to the
stalk. Dampen what is left in man
gers in the morning, and mix the grain
with it. You can not save as much on
horses and sheep as on cattle, but
enough to pay for cutting.
8. Convenience in feeding is no small
item.
4. The manure is worth enough
more to twice pay for cutting. In feed
ing sheep in racks with tight bottom.
clean out at night what is left, using it
for bedding Il feed hay and grain at
night) 1t will keep the manure from
packing down so hard and save the
liquids. I cut in lengths from three
eighths to three-fourths of an inch; use
water enough to make stalks damp; if
they sweat some, all the better for cat
tie; horses and sheep will not eat as
we'll if they heat. Use what salt you
wish stock to have in the water you
dampen with. In warm weather you
should not dampen more than three
days before feeding; will heat if
you do. In cold weather I dampen
as l cut. As for powers to cut with,
| have used several. have used from
two to twelve-horse powers with same
box; have used post power last winter
and like it. It is overhead, out of the
way; no tumbling rod in the way; in
the barn. and can cut stormy days as
well as any; can take post down in
three minutes and have floor to use;
least gearing and most power for
number of horses used; two hands
enough to run it; always ready for
use. Objections: Can not be used for
as many purposes, it being stationary;
horses occupy from twelve to fourteen
feet of floor while cutting.
A word about machines that spill,
the stalk. never used one, but have
a neighbor who has cut for ten o,
twelve years. he tried one last win.
ter and said it did not pay for, the
power it took to run it and took the
splitter attachment of. He used q
ten-horse power steamer, III Il
EddN in Ohio Farmer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
TO OBTAIN PATENTS.
Tho Laws In Relation to the Filing OF P'
titious and Specifications.

Tho Laws In Relation to the Filing Of Pc
titions and Specifications.
The applicant for patent is required
first to file in the Patent Office petit
ton on oath or affirmation that the in
ventor believes himself to be the first
to frame the invention, and does not
believe that it has been known or used
before. and this must be accompanied
by full description of the invention,
with drawings and a model where it is
possible. 1t is not at all necessary that
the invented article shall be sent to the
Patent Office, but if model in min
iature can be made of it. that is essen-
tial. The application must be in writ
ing, addressed to the Commissioner OF
Patents, and if the inventor is living
his signature must accompany it.
no matter who makes the applica-
ton. The description of the inven-
ton must specify the manner of con-
structing and using it so clearly and
fully that any person familiar with the
art or science to which it pertains can
make and use it. These specific atoms
must be followed by the claim, in which
the inventor shows very plainly the
part, Improvement or combination
which he claims as purely his own dis
covery. 1t is quite important that the
specifications should be we'll and care
fully prepared, as patents have often
been refused, and indeed have been
declared invalid after granting, be-
cause of defective specifications. II
on examination of specifications and
mode the invention is found to be quite
new, the inventor is so informed, and
'letters patent" as the official papers
are called, are sent to him on payment
of the money fees. A fee of $15 is re-
quired on filing the application, and
800 more when the patent is issued
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
Happy Homes.

Much has been written and said about
how to make home happy. The moralist
and the preacher have hackneyed this
theme until it would seem nothing more re-
NAMED to be said. But the philosophers
have gone far out Of their way to account
for the prevalence of ill-assorted couples
and unhappy homes, and have overlooked
the chief cause. Most Of the unhappiness
Of married life can be traced directly, to
those functional arrangements to which
women are subject. In nine cases out Of
ten the irritable, dissatisfied and unhappy
wife is q sufferer from some "female COM
plant" A trial Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will produce more domestic
happiness than million sermons or philo-
sophical treatises. It cures all those pc
culiar weaknesses and ailments incident to
women. 1t is the only medicine sold by
druggists. under positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that 1t will give salts
faction in every case, or money will be re-
funded. See guarantee printed on wrapper
enclosing bottle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
STRICTLY ORIGINAL
A Performance Possible Only in Classic
and Cultured Boston.

A Performances Possible Only in Classic
and Cultured Boston.
I have seen almost every thing done IN
a horse-car, from spanking recalcitrans
baby to the perusing of an alarming vol.
ume of anatomy, says writer in the Bos'
ton Herald, but never happened to
travel down town with corresponding
secretary, until the other day. The car
was loaded with passengers, and squeezed
between me and an individual who looked
as though he had been to funeral, sat
little woman with black shopping bag
on her knee. Presently she managed to get
elbow room sufficient to open the bag,
which was filled with divers and sundry
articles which shall be nameless. Letters
and a quantity Of stationery pro.
truded from an outer pocket, and
these she ratified through at the
risk Of upsetting the whole
concern in the straw, until she found a
particular epissle that it grieves me to
admit read as well as herself 1t was
impossible to avoid seeing its contents un.
less l closed my eyes, for it was held in
way either to shut out my view or to make
me turn my head and look down my other
neighbours ear The ear was not attractive.
and so read the letter. After this had
been accomplished, vigorous search was
again made in the bag for what proved to
be stylographic pen. Then note-paper
was selected, and, the bag serving for
portfolio, this person coolly began to indita
reply to the effusion we had just readl
If she had only invited me to write it!
But she did not. Her pan few along re-
CARELESS of the interested gaze Of dozen
pairs Of eyes now intently watching the
composition, and every now and then,
when the sea was pretty heavy, she would
pause, as though in deep meditation, and
then, as travel became normal, return to
her missive. Had she been in her own
apartment, she could not have been moro
unconcerned. Finally, as the car APP
preached West street, the letter came to
an end; it was folded; another hunt for
an envelope; then stamp, applied in the
legitimate fashion; the envelope flap stuck
down; the superscription inscribed, and
with a nod to the librarian-beg pardon,
conductor-out hops the scribe and disap'
pears in the crowd of Winter street! am
certain this episode could only have oo-
Cured in Boston.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
THE SULTAN'S HAREMS.
How Their Fair Occupants lido AWAY
Their Seemingly Useless Lives.

How Their FAIR occupants AHo A"s'
Their Seemingly Useless Lives.
Among the many harems in Turkey,
that of the Sultan at Constantinople is
by far the most important All these
harems are built in the same style
that is, after the manner Of prison
and to see one of them is to see them
all. They are composed of many low
structured buildings. surrounded py
high stone walls. which effectually
prevent even a glimpse OF the interior
and within which reigns silence pro-
found. This is always matter OF sur
prise to foreigners, and it may well be
so when we consider the large number
of women confined there in addition to
the many attaches of the establish
ment.
The women are watched over by
negro cunuchs, governed by chief, and
waited upon by negroes OF their own
sex, all of whom are natives of Egypt.
trained from infancy for this special
service. These negro women are tall
and robust, with an abundance OF
woody hair, broad, fiat noses and black
shining skin, in marked contrast to the
men, who are peculiarly shaped, their
stout, short bodies and disproportion-
ately long legs giving them a grotesque
appearance. This is the more con-
spicuous from the fact that they travel
upon small Arab horses, their feet
nearly touching the ground. In the
harem the women spend their time in
comparative idleness, the bath and the
toilet filling the hours not allotted to
eating and sleeping Some few Of them
smoke cigarettes, and singing, with a
harp accompaniment, is not unusual.
Their indolent natures make them
averse to exercise. and they mostly re-
cline upon their divans. In fine
weather they are permitted to take a
drive, certain number at time. A
half-dozen carriages stop at the
harem in the early afternoon, and are
Hitcu Will OCSupaii'op AouA oo0 o'-S
complement of each carriage. They
wear very thin walls, which permit any
one having good sight to distinguish
their features even at a considerable
distance. But one must be very care
full in approaching too near these
vailed beauties, else he may receive a
stroke from the lash of the driver. One
wonders often why the women veal
such thin lace over their faces. while
the free women of Constantinople are
muffled in thick cotton walls, with only
small hole for one eye. The haren
carriages are mounted upon heavy
springs, painted in vivid vermilion,
and highly vanished. They have
golden ornaments and are drawn by
two horses. The driver is eunuch, a
are also the mounted guards, one a
each door. When the women visit thu
great bazaar, a kind of market wher'
all sorts of wares are sold, the car
riages drive up in line before the en-
trance, the guards dismount, and, turn
ing their horses over to the care of tn
drivers, accompany the women through
the bazar. -Constant,nopte Cor. Bait
more american
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|3 PHYSICIANS.
Failed.
THE oUTGRoWTH OF A VAST Elk

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded 8 vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure Of womauB peculiar maladies.
DR.. Pierce,s FavOrite Prescription
Is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and. valuable experience. Thousands Of
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baff1ed their skill, prove It to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as o cure-all," but
as most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
As q powerful, invigOrating tonic,
It imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendagee, IN particular. For overworked,
s'worn-out," rundown" debilitated teach
ers, milline1. dressmakers, seamstresses,
''shop-girls." housekeepers, nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally, DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It
promotes digestion and assimilation of food.
Address W0RLDe0 DISP
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
EXPERIENCE.

In pregnancy, Favorite Prescription"
Is mothers cordial" relieving nausea.
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. y
its use is kept up In the latter months o.
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for e..
livery as to greatly lessen, and many unles
almost entirely do away with the suner1ngs
of that trying ordeal. i
"Fav0rite Prescription . when taken
in connection with the use Of DIR. Pierceb
Golden Medical Discovery, and small AZ
tive doses of DR.. Pierces Purgatiye FeleIx
GIittle Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney ana
Bladder diseases. Their combined use avg
removes blood taints, and rabolishes ca ~
cerous and scrofulous humors from tns
~Favorite Prescription y Is the only
medicine for women sold, by drugglsu..
under q positive guarantee, from ~
manufacturers, that it will give eat1Nec'
ton in every case, or money VIII %
funded. This guarantee has been prlnts1
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully. - S
ricd out for many years. Large DOssas ~
goo doses) $l.OO, or six bottles I've
$500. n
u Send ten cents in stamps for ~
Pierce's large, illustrated Treatise
lpages) on Diseases Of Women.
.. 068 Main Street. RUEEALOb N u
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
HOME AND FARM.

-Foxglove (digitalis) is good
remedy for thumps in pigs. One drop
at time is enough for young pig
once in three hours.
"A piece of pointed whaiebone or
pine wood is nice to clean out corners.
Wash your windows with sponge and
polish with tissue paper.
Cream Pie: One-half a teacupful
of sugar and one tablespoonful OF flour
mixed together; pour on, little at a
time, three-fourths of pint of cream
and add the white of an egg beaten
slightly. BOSTON Budget
Steady application is what counts
in any business, especially farming,
for in this employment day or an
hour wasted is usually more than loss
of time, for it is opportunity gone
Farm, Field and Stocknaan.
If in tin cans containing preserved
meats or vegetables you discover more
than one soldered place, it is evident
that the can has been punctured to ale
low the escape of gases caused by fer
mentation. Country Home.
Whenever it is noticed that the
hogs eat gravel it is sign that some
thing they need is lacking. A few
pieces of coal or charcoal will probably
be cure, while the food should at the
same time be varied. - Cincinnati
Times.
Before fruit stains are washed.
pour clear, boiling water through
them, or wet them with whisky or
ammonia. Or rub with common bak.
ing soda, vet with coal oil and hang in
the sun. Freezing will take out old
fruit stains.
When job of work is trusted to
incompetent hands, the result is reason
ably sure to be a disappointment and
it may be even a calamity. The skill
full worker may charge more, but his
work will be worth more, besides the
guarantee of safe performance that
will not be followed by loss.
1t is possible, if not probable. that
you do not know how to brighten gold
or silver jewelry, if furnished. Very
well, then, brush it with an old tooth
brush wet with soap-suds, and place il
in sawdust to dry. Some ladies keep
their jewelry in sawdust. The jewel
| ers use this method Leader.
Tea Cakes: Beat up one egg in a
teacupful of milk, warm one-fourth
pound of fresh butter in the milk, add
a pinch of salt and stir we'll with one
pound of roll dough; divide the mix
ture into four pieces, round them and
bake in brisk oven for half an hour.
Cut them open and batter them. The
addition of little sugar and a few
currents will make nice buns. -E1
change.
The small farm should always bt
devoted to those crops that are mo-
grown extensively. A farm of tel
acres will not pay If wheat and corr
be grown upon it, but if used TO
growing fruit and vegetables it will b.
large enough for all the work that cal
be given it. Everything depends up
on the kind of crop grown.-Tro1
Times.
-Bone-spavin, curbs, ring-bone
navicular disease, and similar affec
lions of the Joints and bones ir horse
| are frequently transmitted from pal
ent to offspring. So are strain of tn
back tendons, swelled legs, grease AM
/ and roaring. while predisposition t.
rheumatism, malignant and non-m'
| lignant tumors, chronic cough, ophthal
l mia and blindness, epilepsy and
great variety of nervous disorders
8 inherited by horses, in common wit
t cattle, sheep and swine.-St Lou
Q Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

The coal beds of China are five
times as large as those of all Europe,
while gold, silver, lead, tin, copper,
iron, marble and petroleum are all
found in the greatest abundance. Ow-
ing to the prejudice of the people the
mines have never been worked to any
extend. it being the popular belief in
China that if these mines are opened,
thousands Of demons and spirits inn
prisoned in the earth would come forth
and fill the country with war and
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

While q section hand on the Hoos-
&C Tunnel line was eating his dinner
alongside the track the other day
sparrow flew into his face, stuck its
head into his mouth for the bread he
was eating, and when his jaws snap
ped together the bird was decapitated.
This is going to be an awful good year
for regular old whoppers, Detroit
FIRES PrAss.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

There are fashions in SMILES as in
everything else. For instance, when
the atlanta Constitution says that Bis
marck is as busy as black pig under
chincapin tree" it appeals directly
to the taste of its Southern readers. A
Kansas City newspaper would have
faid las busy as real estate dealer
loaded with corner lots;" a Philadel-
phia newspaper would have remarked
''as busy as man eating shad," a
Boston newspaper would have OBJ
served, "as busy, to quote Emerson.
as, etc. while New York or Chicago
newspaper would have simply said
las busy as boodler hunting bail. -.
CHICAGO NeUS.
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MAN wants but little here below,
Rut yvants that little strong

average man or woman does not precisely
banker for it, as rule, but when taken,
wishes it to be prompt, sure and effective.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
leave nothing to be desired in point Of eff
cacy, and yet their action is totally free
from any unpleasant symptoms, or dis
agreeable after effects. Purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

Omaha Doctor-..Ah, little one, tell
your mother ] have come to vaccinate
the baby" Refined Child-"rm
afraid you can'tsee baby now. Mamma
is giving him a BATH THAT won't
matter. 1t won't take but q minute"
Yes but he's entirely decollete. ~.
On,GhG World
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

FooD makes Blood and Blood makes
Beauty. Improper digestion of food neces-
sarily produces, bad blood, resulting. in
feeling Of fullness in the stomach, acidity,
heartburn, sick-headache, and other dys-
peptic symptoms. A closely confined life
ness and loss of appetite. foremove these
troubles there is no remedy equal to Prick
ly Ash Bitters. It has been tried and
proven to be specific.
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Desirable in Every Way.

Gentleman Ito New Jersey landlord)
Il like the house very much. How
about mosquitoes?
Landlord-Well-er, are you resi-
dent of New Jersey?
Gentleman-Yes, l was born an
raised in Railway.
Landlord-The house is full of mos.
quitoes up to about Christmas.
Gentleman-All right. Then I'll
take tn Y Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

have found that their sometimes excessive
duties produce q low, weak, tired and trem-
ulous state of the system, and that iron re-
stores richness and color to the blood, cali
saya bark . natural healthful tone to the
digestive organs, and phosphorus mildly
stimulates the brain,-all combined in DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

WHEN an intended passenger Asks .
ships purser how many berths he has II
does not imply that he is census aker.
The hatchways of ship are not hens
nests, nor is the buoy the captains son.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

IT'S thousands Of cures are the best adver-
tisement for DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

TIE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

THE barber's favorite city-loqua-city.-
Columbus Dispatch
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HIaH rollers-the planets.

A GOOD salesman is like bad coin-s
perfect counter-ht
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In case of riot send a pickpocket into
the crowd and it will be very soon dis
pursed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

EVERY book. keeper thinks he has the
best entry-way. Every owl has its own
stareway.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

TIA making Of fish hooks is not the only
or the most extensive crooked business
Sayrjod on IN America
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at is the little things that tell" says an
old adage, Yes, especially the little
hrothers.-Neu Hassn Mens
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

ANAN may wear an indigo suit and yet
not have fit OF the blues. Burlington
Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater Druggists sell It, 2oc.
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WHEN two fat people run against each
other it can properly be spoken OF as
matchmaking.
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A PRETTY woman's bang is something
to door-Boston Bulletin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

ADAM had spare rib with apple sauce.
-Boston Post
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

A FALsETTo voice does not necessarily
imply falsetto teeth.-LJe.
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GLENN's Sulphur Soap presents all the 3D.
vantages OF Sulphur Baths at cheap rate.
Hills Hair & Whisker Dye, Black or Brown. Zoo.
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AN inventor should always wear patent
leather shoes.